Ironing board



Aug. 16, 1927. 1,639,304

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f E. T. MICKEY IRONING BOARD Filed Deo.` 26, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 NN W HQN Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

y UNITED 'sT-Ares EDWARD 'I'.y MICKEY, OF WINYSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

IBONING Bormn Y Application.v nl ed December 26, 1925. Serial No.l 77,766.

My invention relates to ironing boards, and 'moreespecially to that type of ironing board adapted to bebuijlt into houses when they are constructed, or fitted into ag hole sawed in the vwall of any house, and soconstructed as to fold upinto a small space and be hidden from view when not in use. e Y

Another. Object @if my invention is t0.- .1ero-Y vide a cabinet ironing board having .two ironing boards. therein, one of the boards being adapted to. be used for ironing large gar-I` ments and the other boand beingV adapted for use in ironing the,l sleevesof garments, and smaller garments. Y

Another object of vmy invention is toprovide in an ironing board pivoted vmenribers folding' into a cabinetwhen not in use, ,each board being provided with a slide on itslower face in which the. end Vor another pivoted member slides.

Having thus stated. some of the objectsV of my inventionother. objects will appear as the description proceeds.

A' brief description of the di'erent iigures in the drawings will now be given in which: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in open position and ready for use;

Figure 2 is a side elevation partially in sectiony of the ironing board, showing it in open position;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device showing it in closed position, and taken along the line v3-3 in Figure 5;

Figure 4 is a front elevation of my device, showing the door of the cabinet open and the pivoted ironing boards in closed position' Figure 5 is a front elevation of my device showing the cabinet with the door closed;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the lines 6 6 in Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a side elevation partially in section of a portion of the sleeve board, showingthe pivots; v

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a por# tion of the smaller board, showing the pivots;

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken along the lines 9-9 in Figure 7, showing the slide in the sleeve board. v

A brief description of the drawings having been given, a. detailed description of thel drawings will lnow follow in which rlike reference characters indicate corresponding parts thruout the drawings.

rIl he VnumeralL 10 indicates a cabinet Vin which my ironing boa-rd is mounted. kThis cabinet has a door 11 and inside wall portions 12 with a back` porti-on 13. A board 14 is pivotally and slidably mounted int-he cabinet by means of the cross-piece 15 being secured to the innermost yend of the board 14.*and with the ends thereof being pivotally and slidably mounted in the Slots 3.9 in @ach of the side wall portions` 12 of the cabinet.

Some distance below the pivotal point of thel bOild l4vthere is another cross member 16 which s pivoted to the inside wall portions 12 -of the cabinet 10.

Rigidly secured to the cross-member 1:6. is a board orrsupport 17 which extends outward'ly and upwardly and has ya crossepiece 1,8 secured to its outer end. On ythe 'lower side of the board` 14, and running longitudinally therewith are secured the guide members 19 and 2,0.V These vguide members near' their outer surfaceshave projections 21 and 22, and when these guide members are secured to the lower side of the board 14 they form a recess for the reception and guidance of the cross-piece 18. A member 23 is secured to the outer ends of the members 19 and and thus acts as a stop for the outward movement of the member 18 when the board is unfolded.

A button 37 is pivotally secured to the back 13, being mounted on the bolt 38 and when the board 14 is unfolded this button 37 is turned to vertical position, thus holding the board 14 rigidly in place.

Immediately above the pivot point of the large board 14 there are blocks 24 secured to the sides of the cabinet and to the back 13.

Secured to the end of the sleeve board 25 is the cross-piece 26 which has pivot points 27 and 28 on-its ends which are pivotally mounted in the blocks 24. Immediately below the pivot'points just described is another cross-member 29 which has pivot points 30 and 31 on its ends which are also pivoted in the blocks 24. Rigidly secured to the member 29 is an upwardly projecting member 32 which has a cross-piece 33 securec tothe outward and upper end thereof, and

, this tits into a groove 34 cut in the lower side of the sleeve board 25 and running 1ongitudinally thereof. Secured at either side of this groove 34 and overlapping a portion of said groove are the strips 35 and 36. These st-ripswhen secured in the manner described and shown form a guideway for the member 33 in which the member 33 slides when the board is swung on its pivot to closed or open position.

The cross-piece 15 has pivot members 15B and 15A on its two ends, and the cross-piece 16 has pivot members 16A and 1GB thereon at both of its ends, all of these pivot members lit-ting into the side wall 12 of the cabinet, the pivot members 15A and 15B also being,` slidably mounted in the vertical slots.

The method of operation of my device is as follows:

The cabinet vis mounted in the wall of a room and forms a part of the wall of the room when the door of the cabinet is closed.

Vhen it is desired to use the ironing board the door of the cabinet is opened and the boards are shown pointing,r upward in folded position. The board 14 is pulled outwardly and downwardly and when this is done the member 18 slides in the groove between the members 19 and 2O until it reaches the member 23 which prevents its further travel. The pivots 15A and 15B also slide upwardly in the slots 39 in the side walls 12. Then it has reached this position the board 14 is in approximately horizontal position with re ard to the floor of the room.

When it is desired to use the sleeve board 25, it is unfolded in the same manner as that above described forthe board 24, with the exception that the pivots 27 and 28 are mounted in round holes instead of slots as in the case of the board 14.`

It will thus be seen that I have devised a simple and strong Aironing board, andfone that is of such rugged structure as to render` it less liable to wear and become inoperable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I desire to protect and secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A. wall cabinet having parallel vertical side portions, vertical slots in the side portions, a cross-member havin@V its end slidably mounted in1 the vertical slots, an ironing` board iXedly secured to the sadcross-member, a second cross-member pivotally secured to the wall portions at a point forward of the vertical plane of the first cross-member, a support secured to the second cross-member, a cross-piece secured to the free end of the support, a guide-way on the lower face of the ironing board in which the cross-piece is adapted to slide, and means for limiting the outward movement of the free end of the support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto set my hand, this the 23rd day of December, 1925.

EDWARD'T. MICKEY. 

